After nearly two decades of investigation, the Bombay High Court called the 2006 Malegaon blasts case a “dead end”, pointing to “diagonally opposite” versions presented by the ATS and the National Investigation Agency.
The court has discharged the second set of accused, leaving no one currently facing trial in the 2006 blasts that killed 31 people.
From the initial theory involving the Students Islamic Movement of India to later claims of an entirely different conspiracy, the case saw a dramatic shift in direction over the years, raising serious questions about investigative consistency and prosecutorial collapse.